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Barker was an opposition leader to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor James Edward “Pa” Ferguson (1871-1944), who was [[impeachment|impeached]] by the Texas House of Representatives in 1917, convicted by the state Senate of ten counts of wrongdoing, and forced from office. A [[bank]]er from Temple in Bell County, Ferguson’s troubles began when he punitively used the [[line-item veto]] against the UT appropriations bill and attempted to dismiss unfavored faculty members. Barker also opposed Franklin Roosevelt, a highly popular figure in Texas. He supported the conservative regents, including [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Orville Bullington]], when they discharged President Homer P. Rainey, who thereafter was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in the 1946 Democratic [[primary]], having lost to Beauford Jester.
Barker was an opposition leader to [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Governor James Edward “Pa” Ferguson (1871-1944), who was [[impeachment|impeached]] by the Texas House of Representatives in 1917, convicted by the state Senate of ten counts of wrongdoing, and forced from office. A [[bank]]er from Temple in Bell County, Ferguson’s troubles began when he punitively used the [[line-item veto]] against the UT appropriations bill and attempted to dismiss unfavored faculty members. Barker also opposed Franklin Roosevelt, a highly popular figure in Texas. He supported the conservative regents, including [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Orville Bullington]], when they discharged President Homer P. Rainey, who thereafter was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in the 1946 Democratic [[primary]], having lost to Beauford Jester.
Among the historians who studied under Barker were J. Evetts Haley (1901-1995), known for his study of the cattleman Charles Goodnight as well as 'A Texan Looks at Lyndon,'' a diatribe against U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
Among the historians who studied under Barker were J. Evetts Haley (1901-1995), known for his study of the legendary cattleman [[Charles Goodnight]] as well as 'A Texan Looks at Lyndon,'' a diatribe against U.S. President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].
==Death==
==Death==